Traveling desk set



Jan. 19, 1954 s. KAUFMAN TRAVELING DESK SET Filed Jan. 50, 1951 INVENTOR. I w sow/-10 KflUFM/IN.

AT OENEK Patented Jan. 19, 1954 UNITED STATES -?ATE-NT OFFICE TRAVELING DESK SET Solomon Kaufman, New Yorlg Nr Y I Application January 30, 1951, Serial No. 208,546-

mounted so that it may be swung upwardly teem 10 posed usable position or downwardly to: its unexposed; travelling position. Similarly, the: noun tain pen, is alsolpivotally mounted so that it may be swung upwardly to a. handy, accessible position. downwardly to. an out -of-the-way,

travelling position.v The-clock and the fountain pen are alsov swivel liy' mounted for swivelling movementabout-vertical axes;

Theatra-velclock and desk set constituting the present invention has many desirable featuresa In the first place, it very" compact unit which occupies: very little space in a travelling bag. Tho reason underlying this feature isvery clear: The clock and fountain pen are adapted to pivot downwardly to what may he described as. fiat.

horizontal positions in substantially the same horizontal plane and the case may be shaped ac cerdingly, that'ia to a correspondingly fiat shape.

Anotherobject of this invention. is the provisionof a travel clock and desk. set of the character describedwhich is provided with at: least" one weliihtowhich the clock may piivot'whenit is swung downwardly to travelling position; Rising out of] the well is a pedestal which. supportst'he clock, Hence, when the clock is raised f5 tofexposedpositionit stands on a relatively high level no part of it. being obscured.- hy the. sides. or. wallsqofitheacaseu Wheniti's Ioweredt'o travelling position, it fits at least in part into the well and,

it thereiorerequiresa relatively. small-case to'ac- 40' commodate it.

The well or wells are useful for another purpose, namely, to accommodate and hold articlesof jewelry such. as rings andi earrings and the like. travel since they invariably face the problem of putting; their articles of jewelry; in a convenient place: whenever they spend the. night awayzfrom home, asat-a hotel or in: aPullman rooml. The

Wei-152111. the: case may also beused for carrying 50:

articles; of iewelry and-the like. when the case is; closed: and tucked away in a: travelling; bag, witn sn t i e A preferred form of this invention is shown in This is a very useful feature for people who 45..

the accompanying drawing, in which:

travel. clock and: deskset made in accordance with this. invention, showing the clock and a fountairrv pen. in upright positions. the case being. partly broken away and: in vertical section to ex pose. the annular well formed in said case.

Fig. 2 is. a side View of said travel clock. and desk set, the case and its cover being partly broken away and in section";

Fig; 3 is a top viewthereof.

Fig. 4 is-v a view: somewhat similar to that oi Fig. l, but showing thev clock in lowered, travel ling; position.

Fig. 5 is a sideview of the case showing it in closed;- position.

Fig.. 6- is: a. fragmentary. enlarged view, showing the case in" vertical section and showing theswivelsupport for'theclock;

Fig. 7. is asimilar view showing'the'clocktul ned a full 911 fromzits positionin Fig. 6 and showing both the: swivel: support and the pivotalsupport for the clock.

Fig.8? is aplarr view of the spring wash'er'whi'c'h acts upon the swivel support either clock.-

The? combined travel clock and desk set herein claimed includes? a: case to to which a cover i2? is. hingedly secured; I-Iihge l4 which connects the? coveritorthe: case: is: shown in Fig;- 2. It will be notedi'n: Fig.1 3 thatrthe case; is somewhatrectangular: in shape; and. it will be seen in Fig. 1- that; the: cover is. of correspondingly rectangular shape. It: will befIIOtfid' in Figs. 2land 5 that-the cover is. hollow and: that it is approximately as d'eepas the case.

Mounted. on' the floor: or. the case is a member I 6-which1 supports" the: clock: l 8 and the. fountain pen; holder 213i and whiclralsoprovides the well 22'.v This. member" I16 is: bent. upwardly in its centerzportionttoiformahollowpedestal 24L It is also/bent upwardlyiat: its two end portions to form; shoulders or: pedestals: 2s: and 28; respeo projeatsupwardly from the pedestal through said hole: 32 A. spring washer 34". is"- m'ounted on the shank of the screw;- and it provides a spring bearing between the head: of: the screw and the Mounted o'npe'dest'al top wall of the-pedestal. and secured to the upwardly projecting,- threaded end of the screw, is a clock support 36. This clock support is approximately as long as the diameter of pedestal 2 3, and it is adapted to engage in swivelling movement on said pedestal about the vertical axis of the screw. The tension of spring washer 34 limits the freedom of movement of said clock support in the sense that it serves as a frictional brake to frictionally hold the clock support in any position about the vertical axis of the screw in which it may manually be placed. It will hereinafter appear that it is by means of this swivelly mounted clock support that the clock may be turned either leftwardly or rightwardly on said vertical axis.

A pair of ball-shaped members 38 and 40 are secured to the bottom of the clock by means of screws 42. The heads of screws 42 are countersunk in said ball-shaped members 38 and 49 so that they are normally not in view. These ballshaped members are spaced from each other a distance corresponding to the length of clock support 36 as Fig. '7 clearly shows. Projecting sidewardly from said ball-shaped members are pins 43 and 44, respectively, which are aligned with each other on a common, horizontal line.

They project toward each other and into holes 46 and 48, respectively, formed in the opposite ends of clock support 36. It is by means of these pins 43 and 44 in holes 46 and 48 that the clock is adapted to pivot either upwardly or downward- 1y about a horizontal axis corresponding to the horizontal line on which said pins are disposed.

It will be apparent from the foregoing; that since the clock is mounted on the clock support .36, the clock and said clock support are adapted to swivel integrally with each other about the vertical axis of screw 30. Hence, the clock may be turned either to the left or to the right, which ever position happens to be more convenient at any particular time. The clock may also be tilted on its horizontal axis, that is the axis of pins 43 and 44, to any desired angular position on said horizontal axis. See the dot and dash lines of Figs..2 and 3.

It will be noted that the clock case 50 in which the face of the clock is mounted, is considerably larger than the back portion 52 of the case in which the clockwork mechanism is mounted. It is the clock case 59 to which the ball-shaped members 38 and are fastened. When it is desired to close the case I!) of the combined travel clock and desk set herein claimed, the clock is turned on its vertical pivot until its horizontal pivot is transverse to the length of said case In. It is then swung downwardly on its horizontal pivot until it assumes its horizontal position shown in Fig. 4. In this position, the face of the clock faces upwardly and its clockwork case portion 52 projects downwardly into well 22. When the cover I2 is then swung downwardly to closed position, as shown in Fig. 5, it accommodates case portion of the clock as well as ball-shaped members 38 and 40 and clock support 36.

A socket member 60 is secured to the top of pedestal 28. Movably mounted in said socket member 60 is a ball 62 and pinned to said ball is the fountain pen holder 20 above mentioned. It is by reason of this ball-and-socket connection that the fountin pen holder is adapted to swivel both upwardly and downwardly and also sidewardly to any desired position. This fountain pen holder is of conventional construction, and is adapted to receive a conventional fountain pen 64. In Fig. 1, said fountain pen and fountain pen holder are shown in upright position and in Fig. 3 they are shown in prone position flat against member [B of the case. When cover 12 is in its closed position relative to case [0, it accommodates the fountain pen, fountain pen holder, and ball-and-socket support therefor.

If desired, a second socket member may be secured to the top of pedestal 26 and be so positioned relative to socket member 60 that two pens or other writing implements may lie side by side when in prone position.

The foregoing is descriptive of a preferred form of this invention, and it will be understood that this form may be modified in many Ways within the broad scope of the invention. It may also be used in ways other than those shown in the claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

In a combined travel clock and desk set, a

case having a hinged cover, a hollow pedestal in.

said case, at least the top oilysaid pedestal being circular, said pedestal having a hole formed in the center thereof, a screw projecting upwardly from the inside of said pedestal through said hole, a spring washer threaded on said screw between its head and the pedestal, a clock support secured to said upwardly projecting screw and being thereby adapted to engage in swivellin-g movement either rightwardly or leftwardly on the vertical axis of said screw, said clock support being at least as long as the diameter of the said pedestal top, a clock, a pair of lugs fixedly secured ,to the bottom of said clock in spaced apart relation, the, space between the lugs being slightly greater than the length of the clock support to receive the clock support between them, a pair of cylindrical pins projecting inwardly coaxially toward each other from the confronting sides of said lugs, said pins extending into axially aligned holes formed in opposite ends of the clock support, said clock being thereby adapted to engage in pivotal movement either upwardly or downwardly on the horizontal axis of said pins; and a well formed in said case adjacent said pedestal to receive the clock whenit pivots downwardly.

SOLOMON KAUFMAN.

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